Dr.LipidDallas said:If two explanations both fit, the useful question is which one predicts something the other does not.
True, and it depends on a baseline nobody has stated. Without knowing where someone started, the same number can be an excellent result or a disappointing one.
I would rather be corrected than agreed with, if it comes to it.
Admin said:Weight is a noisy signal — daily variation of one to two kilograms from glycogen, sodium and gut contents — so a fortnight of flat readings is well…
Thank you for spelling out the reasoning rather than just the conclusion. Printing the relevant bit and taking it with me.
Dr.LipidDallas said:If two explanations both fit, the useful question is which one predicts something the other does not.
Pushing back on Dr.LipidDallas here. Filing an objection on the n=1 problem. Personal experience is genuine evidence about one person and very weak evidence about anybody else, and this thread keeps promoting the first into the second.
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View ResultsThe figures, for anyone assembling their own picture. Worth stating the units and the reference range whenever you post a number here. A large fraction of the apparent disagreement in these threads is two people using different units and both being right.
Moderator note: good thread. Keeping it here rather than moving it, because the question is general enough to be useful. No action needed from anybody.